Sandwich High School 2015-2016 Program of Studies Proposals
Core Values P erformance R espect I ntegrity D edication E xcellence
English Language Arts Course Updates: ● Poetry Class Revitalized to emphasize spoken word and performance poetry and the poetry of music
English Language Arts Course Addition: ● Gender and Women’s Studies
Fine, Applied, Performing Arts Course Updates: Fine Arts Exploratory ● Advanced Drawing & Painting (Art III Honors) ● ● Portfolio Prep (Art IV Honors)
Fine, Applied, Performing Arts Course Additions: ● Musical Theatre
Health and Wellness Course Updates: ● Addition of aquatics activities to all PE courses ● Grade 9 Health becomes Human Physiology
Health and Wellness Course Additions: ● Lifeguard Training Ability to become an American Red Cross Certified Life Guard
Foreign Language Course Updates: Latin V becomes a capstone class ● ● All languages will offer levels I, II and III CP, levels IV and V Honors All languages will be taught using revitalized pedagogy ●
History and Social Science Additions: AP World History, grades 10-12 ● AP Human Geography, grades 10-12 ● ● Civil Rights Movement
Mathematics Course Updates: Introduction of Meaningful Math Program ● Algebra I for 2015-2016 Geometry for 2016-2017 Algebra II for 2017-2018
Mathematics Course Additions: Meaningful Math Program Algebra I ● Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics ● ● Innovation Mathematics Teacher Internship ●
Science New Offerings: PLTW arrives at SHS! Foundations of Engineering for all freshmen in the Class of 2019 ● This is the beginning of new PLTW pathways coming to SHS We anticipate developing pathways in Biomedical and Computer Science fields for the 2016-2017 school year.
Science Course Additions: Engineering/Earth & Space Science ● Advanced Topics in Earth & Space Science ● ● Greenhouse Management Forensics ● ● Ecology of New England Seminar
Technology Course Updates: Introduction to Computer Science ● & Programming
Technology Course Addition: Technology Learning Specialists ● Advanced Computer ● Science & Programming
STEM Electives 2015-2016 Nine New STEM Electives: ● Architecture and Imagination Game Design ● ThINKERING Studio ● ● Model United Nations National History Day ● ● People Around the World Musical Theater ● Publishing Your Poems and Stories ● ● Ecology of Cape Cod
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